Melanie Pearson
proteusqueen.bsky.social
Melanie Pearson
@proteusqueen.bsky.social
Microbiologist, especially Proteus mirabilis and UTIs. U. Michigan. Interested in lots of things. Inveterate lurker.
A screencap of the montage
September 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
An archivist from my local library asked to include the photos as the local history collection. So, I’m stunned and delighted to share this! 3/end aadl.org/taxonomy/ter...
Melanie Pearson Collection | Ann Arbor District Library
aadl.org
September 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Recently I shared a montage of 16 photos that I chose to showcase the beauty and variety of this location. People kept encouraging me to share to bigger audiences 2/
September 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Just saw this shared. You can see which stations stand to lose more than 50% of their funding adoptastation.org
Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media
Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
adoptastation.org
July 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.

The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM